# Shahura Man v. State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 September 2001 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1204 of 1997, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: M.L. Singhal, J.) returned findings adverse to 6 police personnel, namely: SHO, PS Lopoke, Amritsar; SHO, PS Gharinda, Amritsar; Head Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Head Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Constable, PS Lopoke escort party, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: PB 02 CW 0005
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1204 of 1997 / (2002) CriLJ 1082; (2001) 4 RCR (Criminal) 761
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: M.L. Singhal, J.), 26 September 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, PS Lopoke, Amritsar; SHO, PS Gharinda, Amritsar; Head Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Head Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Constable, PS Lopoke escort party
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 3 of the TADA Act; Section 4 of the TADA Act; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Preponderance of probability is in favour of the view that if he had escaped from police custody on 13.2.88, he would have returned to his family after the State terrorism had ceased.” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/176495/balbir-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent-2/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0018)

**Record:** CW-2001-0018 (compiler id CWC-1059); case GAP3-110-001
**Title:** Shahura Man v. State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: M.L. Singhal
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1204 of 1997 / (2002) CriLJ 1082; (2001) 4 RCR (Criminal) 761
**Judgment:** 2001-09-26 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1988-02-13 (1988)
**Place:** Amritsar, Punjab; city town: Shahura; police station or unit: PS Lopoke; PS Gharinda; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 307; IPC 148; IPC 149; IPC 224; Arms Act s.25; TADA Act s.3; TADA Act s.4; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, PS Lopoke, Amritsar; SHO, PS Gharinda, Amritsar; Head Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Head Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Constable, PS Lopoke escort party; Constable, PS Lopoke escort party (6 in record)
**Victims:** Shahura man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Add the recorded police case: arrest in FIR 21/1988, disclosure statement, escape during arms-recovery escort, FIR 23/1988 s.224, proclaimed offender, exoneration in DC and SP inquiries (paras 2, 4, 7). Drop the false 'police version is not recorded' sentence.

> Preponderance of probability is in favour of the view that if he had escaped from police custody on 13.2.88, he would have returned to his family after the State terrorism had ceased.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/176495/balbir-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent-2/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=611002342000&title=balbir-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/637734/balbir-kaur-vs-state-punjab-ors)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 10
**display title redacted:** Shahura Man v. State of Punjab and Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2001-09-26', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002) CriLJ 1082; (2001) 4 RCR (Criminal) 761', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/176495/balbir-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent-2/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=611002342000&title=balbir-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/637734/balbir-kaur-vs-state-punjab-ors', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Judgment text verified; custodial-death inference with Rs 1.5 lakh compensation against State.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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